Post by Johnny on Jun 14, 2004 19:39:20 GMT -2
> People over 30 should be dead. According to today's regulators and
> bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's,60's, or even
maybe
> the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived.
>
> Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
> There was nothing to stop us from sticking a fork in an electrical
> outlet.
>
> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and
> when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks
> we took hitchhiking.)
>
> As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
> Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a
> special treat.
>
> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!
>
> We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in
> it,
but
> we were never overweight because we were always
> outside playing.
>
> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no
> one actually died from this.
>
> We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then rode
> down
the
> hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
> running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
>
> We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we
> were
back
> when the street lights came on. No one was able to
> reach us all day.
>
> No cell phones. Unthinkable!
>
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at
> all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound,
> personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
>
> We had friends! We went outside and found them.
>
> We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.
>
> We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there
> were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was
> to blame but us. Remember accidents?
>
> We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and
> learned to get over it.
>
> We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and mud
> pies, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out
> very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or
rang
> the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
>
> Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who
> didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
>
> Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and
> were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors! Tests were not
> adjusted for
any
> reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. The
> idea
of
> a parent bailing us out if we broke a law
> was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that!
>
> This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem
> solvers and inventors, ever.
>
> The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
>
> We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
> how to deal with it all. And you're one of them!
>
> Congratulations.
>
> Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as
> kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own
> good...
Cheers
Johnny
> bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's,60's, or even
maybe
> the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived.
>
> Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
> There was nothing to stop us from sticking a fork in an electrical
> outlet.
>
> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and
> when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks
> we took hitchhiking.)
>
> As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
> Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a
> special treat.
>
> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!
>
> We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in
> it,
but
> we were never overweight because we were always
> outside playing.
>
> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no
> one actually died from this.
>
> We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then rode
> down
the
> hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
> running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
>
> We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we
> were
back
> when the street lights came on. No one was able to
> reach us all day.
>
> No cell phones. Unthinkable!
>
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at
> all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound,
> personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
>
> We had friends! We went outside and found them.
>
> We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.
>
> We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there
> were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was
> to blame but us. Remember accidents?
>
> We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and
> learned to get over it.
>
> We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and mud
> pies, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out
> very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or
rang
> the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
>
> Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who
> didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
>
> Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and
> were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors! Tests were not
> adjusted for
any
> reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. The
> idea
of
> a parent bailing us out if we broke a law
> was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that!
>
> This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem
> solvers and inventors, ever.
>
> The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
>
> We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
> how to deal with it all. And you're one of them!
>
> Congratulations.
>
> Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as
> kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own
> good...
Cheers
Johnny
